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The document describes two titration experiments using a potassium permanganate (KMnO4) solution: 1. Determining the exact concentration of a KMnO4 solution by titrating it against sodium oxalate. Oxalic acid is used as the indicator as it disappears upon reaction with KMnO4. 2. Determining the level of impurities in an iron ammonium sulfate sample by titrating it against the standardized KMnO4 solution. Phosphoric acid is added to complex any iron(III) ions formed, preventing interference with the color change at the endpoint.

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Permanganometry PDF

The document describes two titration experiments using a potassium permanganate (KMnO4) solution: 1. Determining the exact concentration of a KMnO4 solution by titrating it against sodium oxalate. Oxalic acid is used as the indicator as it disappears upon reaction with KMnO4. 2. Determining the level of impurities in an iron ammonium sulfate sample by titrating it against the standardized KMnO4 solution. Phosphoric acid is added to complex any iron(III) ions formed, preventing interference with the color change at the endpoint.

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Titration II.

(permanganometry)

I) Determining the exact concentration of a KMnO4 solution

The concentration of a KMnO4 solution prepared from solid permanganate salt can not be
determined simply from tha weigh of the salt since the permanganate oxidizes the organic
impurities in the water, and the formed manganese dioxide catalyses the decomposition of KMnO 4
represented by the following equation:

4 KMnO4 + 2 H2O = 4 MnO2 + 4 KOH + 3 O2

Sodium oxalate or oxalic acid can be used to determine the exact concentration:

2 KMnO4 + 5 (COOH)2 + 3 H2SO4 = 2 MnSO4 + K2SO4 + 10 CO2 + 8 H2O

Additional indicator is not needed, the disappearance of the intense purple color of the
permanganate ions indicates the endpoint.

Steps of the exercise:

- ~0.63 g (COOH)2 2H2O is weighed on an analytical balance with the accuracy of 0.0001g and
100.0 cm3 of solution is prepared from it in a volumetric flask.
-10.0 cm3 of solution is transferred to 3 Erlenmeyer flasks with a pipette. The solutions are
acidified with ~5 cm3 of 20% sulfuric acid.
-The burette is rinsed with a few cm3 of the permanganate solution and the level is set to 0.0 .
-The oxalic acid solutions are warmed up to ~60 C. In the beginning the permanganate solution is
added very slowly (dropwise) since the reaction is catalyzed by the Mn(II) ions, later the reaction
becomes very fast. Titirating is continued until the last drop of KMnO 4 retains it's color and the
solution stays pink.

II) Determination of the level of impurity in Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2 6H2O

KMnO4 oxidizes Fe(II) ions according to the following equation:

10 FeSO4 + 2 KMnO4 + 8 H2SO4 = 5 Fe2(SO4)3 + K2SO4 + 2 MnSO4 + 8 H2O

Titirate the given sample with the KMnO4 solution from the first exercise in the presence of
phosphoric acid (the phosphate complex of Fe(III) ions is colourless, so the yellow coloration of the
Fe(III) ions does not disturb the end point detection.

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